IN THE HOUSE

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 305, 23 November 1932, Page 6

IN THE HOUSE

A LEISURELY DAY. DISCUSSION ON HOSPITALS BILL. (By Telegraph.—Special to Standard.) ' WELLINGTON, Nov. 22 The House of Representatives spent a dull day giving a leisurely passage to the second readings of the Na Lands Amendment Bill, which was r the second time pro forma /i ncl ferred to the Native Affairs tee,' the Urban Farm Lands Rating Bill, which passed the second readi g, and the Hospitals Amendment Bill, which was under discussion tor nve hours before tho. second reading was k*There was no indication of lrurry about the proceedings and, in fact, ■ “ was obvious that for some obscure reason the Government did not wish to expedite the proceedings. The resul was that on the Hospitals Bill members took full opportunity to place before the House their opinions on hospital administration generally ana stress the needs of their own districts in this respect. , There never was a large attendance of members and the principal purpose of the speeches seemed to be to have their views recorded .in Hansard. . The Apprenticeship Bill, . taking away the powers of the Arbitration Court in apprenticeship matters, was introduced in the afternoon an S\, l€ ” ferred to the Labour Bills Committee.